purdey wrote:I will try and answer.
I do what I do because I enjoy doing it. I am trained to fight (among other things) and am classed as a soldier. I am not interested in what others, general public, politicians people in general think of me it's what I do, and have done it for a long time.
What have I achieved ? in the scheme of things I base my achievents on carrying out my duties and completing what has been set out for me. I cannot look at any bigger picture as my duties are set around small goals and protecting those around me, wether it be civilians or the people I work with.
You do and you did what every other professional and disciplined soldier did and does. You carried out your duties as a soldier. You do not question the political merits of an order you carry it out failing to do so could see you court martialed.
The army takes its orders from it's goverment , it does not question those orders , it carries them out.